Taliban routs Afghan military convoy in ambush
The Taliban killed 22 policemen and soldiers and captured eight more, and also destroyed and seized several military vehicles and weapons during the ambush in Sar-i-Pul.
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AQIS leader, ‘good’ Taliban commander killed in 2 US drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas
Sheikh Imran Ali Siddiqi, a senior al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent leader, and Muhammad Mustafa, a Taliban commander loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadar, were reported killed in the strikes in Khyber and North Waziristan.
US drones strike al Qaeda hub in Pakistan’s tribal areas
The US has launched five strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in five days, indicating that the hunt is on for a senior al Qaeda or allied jihadist leader or operative.
Pakistani Taliban denies declaring allegiance to Islamic State
In the past, the press has erroneously claimed that other jihadist groups have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State.
US launches another 2 drone strikes in North Waziristan
The strike in the Shawal Valley is the third attack in the jihadist haven in the past three days.
US launches 2 more drone strikes in North and South Waziristan
Thirteen people are reported to have been killed in airstrikes in the Shawal Valley in South Waziristan. The area is a known transit point for fighters entering Afghanistan.
Pakistani Taliban group urges jihadists in Iraq and Syria ‘to reconcile’
Omar Khalid al Khorasani, a top leader in Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, offered to help mediate the dispute between the Islamic State and the Al Nusrah Front and other jihadist rivals.
Jihadist group loyal to Taliban, al Qaeda claims to have captured Afghan district
Both the Taliban and Junood al Fida, a jihadist group loyal to the Taliban and al Qaeda, have claimed that the Registan district in the southern Kandahar province has fallen to the jihadists. Afghan officials quickly denied the claim as “exaggerated.”
Al Qaeda
Bombing in Pakistan and a Wave of Attempts Point to a New Drive by Militants
Afghanistan
US signs pact to keep troops in Afghanistan past 2014
US adds Harakat-ul-Mujahideen’s emir to terrorism list
Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, Harakat-ul-Mujahideen’s founder and leader, signed Osama bin Laden’s infamous 1998 fatwa that declared war on the US and Israel. HUM was added to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations 18 years ago.
Afghanistan
Taliban Press for Advantage as Politicians Work on Maneuvers in Kabul
Afghanistan
VIDEO: US troops sent to advise Afghan forces drawn into firefight
Afghanistan
Taliban seize strategic Afghan district in Ghazni province
US drone strike in North Waziristan kills Uzbeks, ‘foreign nationals’
“There is no need for such strikes,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, condemning the attack “as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Afghanistan
Taliban reject Afghan unity government pact as US ‘sham’
Pakistani Taliban commander killed during fighting in North Waziristan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan said that Mohammad Hassan recently was freed from a prison in Afghanistan before rejoining the fight in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Islamist foreign fighters returning home and the threat to Europe
Testimony to the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats on the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe.
4 ISAF soldiers killed in suicide, green-on-blue attacks
Three ISAF soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, while another soldier was killed after an Afghan soldier opened fire on military trainers at a base in Farah province.
2 al Qaeda commanders reported killed in US airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
The pair of al Qaeda commanders are said to be members of the Badr Mansoor Group, which was described in one of Osama bin Laden’s documents as an al Qaeda “company.”
Afghanistan
Taliban advance into Sangin threatens British military gains in Helmand
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda’s shadowy new ’emir’ in South Asia handed tough job
India
After Syria and Iraq, Islamic State makes inroads in South Asia
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent incorporates regional jihadist groups
Usama Mahmoud, AQIS’s spokesman, openly stated that the group “was formed by the gathering of several jihadi groups that have a long history in jihad and fighting.”
Taliban suicide assault team targets NDS headquarters in Ghazni
Fourteen security personnel and 19 heavily armed Taliban fighters were killed and another 154 people were wounded during the coordinated attack.
Pakistani military claims 910 ‘terrorists,’ 82 soldiers killed in North Waziristan operation
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar’s spokesman described the military press release and subsequent reporting in the Pakistani media as “nothing but complete lies,” and claimed that jihadists had moved out of the area long before the operation began.
Afghanistan
Afghan militants Hezb-e-Islami ‘may join Islamic State’
Taliban launch suicide assault against Afghan intelligence
The Taliban have launched three such attacks in the eastern province of Nangarhar so far this year.
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon’s Roumieh prison a hotbed for terrorists
Afghanistan
Afghans Laud, Rights Groups Concerned By ‘Take No Prisoners’ Orders